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> The information in this artcile is based on a lot of AppleInternal materials (leaked datasheets, schematics, source codes) I read in a diagonal direction. Wh
by Y_Y 6y ago
> The information in this artcile is based on a lot of AppleInternal materials (leaked datasheets, schematics, source codes) I read in a diagonal direction.
What does "diagonal direction" mean here?
- pashky 6y agoSeems like a literal translation of Russian idiom meaning “skimmed through the text”.
- bkanber 6y agoI took it to mean "unofficially and as an outsider".
- vbezhenar 6y agoIn literal Russian translation reading something in a diagonal direction (читать по диагонали) means reading quickly, without digging into it. I think proper English translation would be "to skim through".
- cpa 6y agoIt means in a cursory manner. edit: funny to see all that we all replied at the same time. Just to add to the conversation, "diagonal reading" is not just a Russian idiom, it also exists in French :)
- dirkt 6y agoIn German it's "querlesen" (read s.th. transversely, read s.th. across). I guess Russian and French people start top left and stop bottom right, while Germans start top center and end bottom center ... (at least that's what I do).
- leipert 6y agoIn German we say „einen Text Überfliegen“ - fly over a Text. Funnily a „Überflieger“ is a person who excels at something, maybe with low effort.